I am on probation at work.
On Thursday I was doing the payroll paperwork and the woman in the
same office as me came up to me and asked why she wasn't given a
certain form until that day (it should have been given to her sooner)
so I told her I didn't get it until that afternoon after working thru
a massive stack of paperwork. She started yelling about how I wasn't
any help to her and she didn't like me in the same office.
Then she pushed the three hole puncher I keep on my desk at me and it
sort of startled me and I jumped up and said I hated her, too. (I
don't really, it just came out)
Then she told our boss and the office manager that I told her I
hated her and she had never seen such rage in me.
So this morning I get called into the boss's office and I am to be
placed on probation due to my "bad temper"
I had already apologized the the woman at work that I offended her.
I did it to keep the peace and I really didn;t mean it. It was just
no one understood that I got scared about a metal 3 hole puncher
coming at me. I didn't try to hit the woman back or anything and she never said I did, just I was "rude" to her even if she started it.

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Re: Got into trouble at work..............

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Originally Posted by cartman88

I am on probation at work.
On Thursday I was doing the payroll paperwork and the woman in the
same office as me came up to me and asked why she wasn't given a
certain form until that day (it should have been given to her sooner)
so I told her I didn't get it until that afternoon after working thru
a massive stack of paperwork. She started yelling about how I wasn't
any help to her and she didn't like me in the same office.
Then she pushed the three hole puncher I keep on my desk at me and it
sort of startled me and I jumped up and said I hated her, too. (I
don't really, it just came out)
Then she told our boss and the office manager that I told her I
hated her and she had never seen such rage in me.
So this morning I get called into the boss's office and I am to be
placed on probation due to my "bad temper"
I had already apologized the the woman at work that I offended her.
I did it to keep the peace and I really didn;t mean it. It was just
no one understood that I got scared about a metal 3 hole puncher
coming at me. I didn't try to hit the woman back or anything and she never said I did, just I was "rude" to her even if she started it.

lol wow. Holy moly, don't ever let her do that again. Next time she does, you get up in her face and put her in her place where she belongs and remind her about her place.

I'd file an complaint with HR and every time she does something, go back to HR and keep making them take a record down.

Any display of emotion in a professional setting is seen as lack of self-control. It might have been the woman being put on probation if you had said nothing and later calmly reported her aggressive behavior. I know it is difficult to contain in the heat of the moment, but anything said in anger is usually regretted because it clouds judgement.